From: )" To: " Cc: )" " (USANYS)" (USANYS)" Subject: victim notification Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 01:24:56 +0000 Hi=, Regardin below is the text we would propose for a victim notification letter. We would plan to use VNS, and the letter is styled accordingly. One note: the letter does not expressly reference the CVRA, because other DOJ components are currently litigating whether the CVRA applies in the context of a pre-indictment plea (the issue is currently before the Eleventh Circuit, en bane). Thanks, Alison Dear [Name]: Re: [Epstein case identifiers, auto-generated from the VNS system] The enclosed information is provided by the United States Department of Justice Victim Notification System (VNS). As a victim witness professional, my role is to assist you with information and services during this case. I am contacting you because you were identified by law enforcement as a victim or potential victim during the investigation of the above criminal case. In connection with the above-referenced investigation, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York intends to issue a felony plea offer to who is also known as not charged with any criminal offenses, and this office has not yet extended any plea offer to her. is currently If you have any questions about the felony plea offer, or if you wish to inform the prosecutor of your views regarding a potential plea agreement, please contact the prosecutors in this case by [date]. This office will not issue a plea offer before [date], in order to provide time for victims to confer with the prosecutors in this case. The prosecutors for this case are and . If you would like to arrange a time to speak with the prosecutors in this case, please either ask your attorney to contact the prosecutors directly, or if you are not represented by counsel, please contact Victim / Witness Coordinator, at If a plea hearing is scheduled in this case, we will notify you of avail